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How Does Your Account Stand?, July 5
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
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Corinthians 4:2
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Money is a blessing when those who use it consider that they are the
Lord’s stewards, that they are handling the Lord’s capital, and must one
day give account of their stewardship.
Do you confess Christ in your expenditures of His entrusted means? ...
If Christ had that which is His own in tithes and offerings, so much would
not be left for selfish outlay on knickknacks and display. Less would be
spent for dress, for pleasure excursions, for entertainments, or for display
in table fare. We may confess Christ by making no elaborate preparations
for visitors; we may deny Him by making more than ordinary preparations,
which takes time that rightly belongs to the Lord.... Before you enter
into amusement for the gratification of self, ask yourself the question, Is
not this God’s time and money that I am expending needlessly? Open
your account book, and see how your account stands with God, with your
household, and with the world.
Have you confessed Christ by faithfully tithing the mint, the anise,
and the rue? When we give the Lord the tithe, we are only giving Him that
which is His own, to withhold which is theft and robbery.... Does your
account book reveal that you have dealt faithfully with your Lord? Are
you poor? Then give your little. Have you been blessed with abundance?
Then be sure to lay aside that which the Lord registers as His own.... The
neglect to confess Christ in your account books cuts you off from the
great privilege of having your name registered in the Lamb’s book of life.
Our heavenly Father teaches by His own example of beneficence. God
gives to us regularly, freely, and abundantly. Every earthly blessing is
from His hand. What if the Lord should cease to bestow His gifts upon
us? What a cry of wretchedness, suffering, and want would go up from the
earth! We need daily the unfailing flow of Jehovah’s love and goodness.
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